''All or Nothing'' is the debut studio album by dance pop duo
Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli ( ) was a German duo R&B music act from Munich. The act was created in 1988 by Frank Farian, founder of Boney M., and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus as the lip-syncing performers, with the two actual main studio sing ...
, released only outside of North America in November 1988. In 1989, it was repackaged and retitled as ''
Girl You Know It's True'' for release in North America on the
Arista label, with several of the original album tracks replaced and/or remixed. ''All or Nothing'' was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in several European countries and number 1 in New Zealand. It originally reached number 37 in the UK, but was packaged together with ''
The U.S.-Remix Album: All or Nothing'' in 1989 under the name ''2×2'' and reached number 6. After 1990, when it came to light the members of Milli Vanilli were
lip-synching, a disclaimer sticker was added on the cover to explicitly name the singers who provided vocals on the album.
Although ''All or Nothing'' was replaced in America with ''Girl You Know It's True'', ''All or Nothing'' is available on the American
iTunes Store.
In December 1990, singer-songwriter
David Clayton-Thomas sued Milli Vanilli for copyright infringement, alleging that the
title track
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used the melody from his 1968 composition "
Spinning Wheel
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", a hit for his group
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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.
''All or Nothing'' was included in
''Q'' magazine's 2006 list of the 50 worst albums ever made.
Track listing
Personnel
Milli Vanilli
*
Rob Pilatus – visual performance
*
Fab Morvan – visual performance
Additional personnel
*
Charles Shaw – lead and backing vocals
*
John Davis – lead vocals
*
Brad Howell – lead vocals
* Jodie and Linda Rocco – backing vocals
* Felicia Taylor – backing vocals
* The Jackson Singers – backing vocals
* Herbert Gebhard – backing vocals
* Bimey Oberreit – backing vocals
* Peter Rishavy – backing vocals
*
Jens Gad
Jens Gad is a German Record producer, producer, songwriter and guitarist of Denmark, Danish parents. He started making music at a young age.
Gad produces music for many artists (Sandra Cretu / Sandra Gambino) and was previously co-producer for the ...
– guitars, arrangements
* Peter Weihe – guitars
* P.G. Wilder – keyboards, arrangements
*
Toby Gad – keyboards, arrangements
* Pit Loew – keyboards, arrangements
* Volker Barber – keyboards
*
Mel Collins
Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.
Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...
– saxophone
* Dino Solera – horns, horn arrangements
* Felice Civitareale – horns
* Franz Weyerer – horns
*
Curt Cress – drums
Technical personnel
*
Frank Farian
Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024), known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., the pop band No Mercy, and the pop band Milli Vanilli. He frequent ...
– production
* Ingrid Segieth – production coordinator
* Tobias Freund – engineering
* Bernd Berwanger – engineering
* Norbert Janicke – engineering
* Jens Seekamp – engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Milli Vanilli albums
1988 debut albums
Albums produced by Frank Farian
Hansa Records albums
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